Avibase: Geositta saxicolina (Dark-winged Miner)

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Dark-winged Miner

Geositta saxicolina Taczanowski, W 1875

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Andrew Spencer	28-11-2009	Marcapomacocha, Junin, Peru (Peru) (4500 m)	song and calls (A) - Song given by a bird in display flight, where it flew low over the ground to a rock that had another member of the same species, with slow, deep, butterfly-like wingbeats. Calls from the same bird later in the cut as it foraged on the ground.	41143 xeno-canto.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Meena Haribal	2011-01-10	Casapalca, Huarochirí, Lima Region, Junín (Peru) (4700 m)	alarm call, call - The bird was calling incessantly. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	155460 xeno-canto.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Peter Boesman	2008-08-01	Junin Lake, Junín, Junín (Peru)	call - ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 535 side A track 40 seq. A)	223371 xeno-canto.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Meena Haribal	2011-01-10	Casapalca, Huarochirí, Lima Region, Junín (Peru) (4700 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	155461 xeno-canto.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Peter Boesman	2008-08-08	Pomacocha Lake, Junín, Junín (Peru)	call - ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 539 side A track 14 seq. A)	223376 xeno-canto.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Peter Boesman	2008-08-08	Pomacocha Lake, Junín, Junín (Peru)	call - ID certainty 70%. (Archiv. tape 539 side A track 13 seq. A)	223374 xeno-canto.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Peter Boesman	2008-08-08	Pomacocha Lake, Junín, Junín (Peru)	song - ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 539 side A track 15 seq. A)	223375 xeno-canto.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Peter Boesman	2008-08-01	Junin Lake, Junín, Junín (Peru)	call - ID certainty 90%. (Archiv. tape 535 side A track 34 seq. A)	223372 xeno-canto.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	David F. Belmonte	2026-06-25	, Huancavelica (Peru)	-	660313480 macaulaylibrary.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Chris Jones	2001-12-21	RN de Junín (Dept. Junín), Junín, Peru, Junín (Peru)	-	421916991 macaulaylibrary.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Peter Boesman	2008-08-01	Junin Lake, Junín, Junín (Peru)	call - ID certainty 90%. (Archiv. tape 535 side A track 51 seq. A)	223373 xeno-canto.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Andrew Spencer	2009-11-28	Distrito Marcapomacocha, Junín, Peru, Junín (Peru)	- Song given by a bird in display flight, where it flew low over the ground to a rock that had another member of the same species, with slow, deep, butterfly-like wingbeats. Calls from the same bird later in the cut as it foraged on the ground.	31746711 macaulaylibrary.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Gabriel Leite	2025-09-07	, Lima (Peru)	-	642127628 macaulaylibrary.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Lisa Schibley	2026-03-23	, Lima (Peru)	-	653400699 macaulaylibrary.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Scott Connop	2001-09-29	Distrito Marcapomacocha, Junín, Peru, Junín (Peru)	-	222653581 macaulaylibrary.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Thibaud Aronson	2021-01-03	Santuario Nacional de Huayllay, Pasco, Peru, Pasco (Peru)	-	309094601 macaulaylibrary.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Chris Jones	2001-12-21	RN de Junín (Dept. Junín), Junín, Peru, Junín (Peru)	-	421917021 macaulaylibrary.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	GABRIEL LEITE	2025-09-07	Yauli, Junín, Yauli (Peru) (4800 m)	call - [sono]	1039516 xeno-canto.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	David F. Belmonte	2026-06-25	, Huancavelica (Peru)	-	660313479 macaulaylibrary.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	celia sierra	2024-12-09	, Junín (Peru)	-	630656086 macaulaylibrary.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Andrew Spencer	2013-11-11	, Junín (Peru)	-	654652771 macaulaylibrary.org
Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina	Huw Lloyd	03-10-00	Marcopomacocha , Junín (Peru) (4450 m)	Calls? (no score) - A very poor recording (barely audible) but the best I've been able to manage over the years	36781 xeno-canto.org

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